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Showing posts with label O'Neill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O'Neill. Show all posts
September 6, 2020

What Yavapai County Has Sent to the Smithsonian

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Yavapai County has sent hundreds of thousands of items to the Smithsonian Institution; most of these are insects and indigenous artifacts, b...
May 25, 2019

The Rocky Road That Brought the Rough Rider Monument

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As soon as news reached Prescott of William “Buckey” O’Neill’s death in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, one of his closest friends,...
April 28, 2019

The Amazing Mascots of the Arizona Rough Riders

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Arizona Roughrider mascot "Cuba" The Arizona Regiment of the Roughriders had three different animal mascots. Two were canin...
September 3, 2017

Mayer Onyx Was Unique, Beautiful, World Famous (Updated)

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As Professor Price sat on the train, he looked again at the sample of onyx sent to him from Mayer, Arizona. So impressed was he by the be...
February 5, 2017

1890: The Dam, The Drunk, & The Disaster

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Walnut Grove Dam The Dam: "Besides being the largest piece of solid masonry in the United States, [the Walnut Grove Dam] also...
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September 29, 2015

The Colorful, Short Life of Mayor Buckey O'Neill

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Mayor William Owen "Buckey" O'Neill, 1860-1898 Even renowned Western fiction authors could not dream up a more interestin...
September 21, 2015

Teddy's Rough Riders Originated in Prescott

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When news arrived of the explosion and sinking of the USS Maine, William "Buckey" O'Neill was the Mayor of Prescott. Buck...
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